已有详细的测试报告见：
http://www_imx_nl/photosite/leica/mseries/MP.html

MP是指：Mechanical Perfection。粗略看了一下，主要功能以M6 Classic为主，外观复古设计糅合进M3的经典设计（框线选择纽、镜头按钮、倒片纽和进片板手），机顶加上Leica刻字，同时作了如下的改进：
外覆层材料的改进，更方便握持；
TTL测光为数字式（M6和M6TTL为模拟）；
快门帘更轻更结实；
倒片装置带锁定；
更好的装配和制造工艺，操作更顺滑；
解决了出名的对焦区的耀光问题。

真是一个大毒品！

[2003-03-03 11:01 补充如下]

这是Leica公司主页上的联接：
http://www_leica-camera_com/produkte/msystem/mp/index_e.html

[2003-03-03 11:03 补充如下]

据说是手工制作（Made by hand），是不是吹牛啊？

有的文章介绍MP是手工制作，手工制作指的是什么？镜片，机身，还是电子部份。手工不可能呀。

<焦点访谈》只要一播大家都认为有好新闻，可渐渐看多了
也就不足为奇了

我也摸了一把MP，感觉和楼下完全相反。

从使用材料上面可以明显看到MP比M6、M7好。一些很小的细节比如开胶卷仓的把手是不锈钢做的，机顶盖的表面处理非常光滑，过片把手手感非常舒服。倒片轮也是非常精致，此外Leica说这个倒片轮增加了阻尼，在倒片时不会像普通M一样松手时片子自己倒回去。

机身外面的材料恐怕是最有争议的，感觉是一种人造高科技材料而不想传统M的皮。不过Leica的解释是这种材料更经得起时间考验。

就是价格太贵了，比M7还要贵四千元！

自从一代牛机M3被造神成功后，莱卡就渐渐发现个商机（未必是莱卡发现的，更有可能是日本商社发现的），就是可以围绕M3大做文章，但绝对绝对不能复刻M3,要把M3定义为个极限，只可以无限接近它而永远不能达到它。

    只有这样M庞轴这碗饭才能一直吃下去。

leica has not specified what MP stands for at this time.

"MP是指：Mechanical Perfection" is only a guess from some users. MP has different meanings now and in 1950's.

鉴于MP上市价格过高（约20k），估计3～4年之内很难降到去年M6TTL 13K的价格，就不等他了，又收了一台二手的M6，从用的角度看，M6和MP几乎没有区别，再多花那么多银子，不如上一只头有得玩。
毕竟现在时代不同了，MP要再造1954年出品的M3十四年和1984年出品的M6十八年的辉煌，有相当的难度，MP可以说是机械莱卡的颠峰之品或收山之作，也可以说成是黔驴技穷，欺世盗名吧。（吃不到这颗葡萄）
既然小菜都看过了，估计MP的做工没有想像的好，所以价格是个问题，就像M6TTL的999，只是打了几个字，就高出那么多，真是一字千金，而且好像没有0.72版的，感觉就是把以前的零碎又拼凑了这个999，这就是莱卡的花招。

论把玩的感觉，不如m3, m5, 论实用不如m7, 论性价比不如m6.

ＬＥＩＣＡ－ＭＰ这个老毒物，原来是雷声大雨点小啊。众说纷纭，热热闹闹，着实是在坛子折腾了一阵子，如今怎么要销声匿迹了。就连极力鼓吹ＬＥＩＣＡ的代表性人物，大毒枭小蔡都打退堂鼓了。原因何在呢？

对。请小蔡谈谈。蔡兄请开金口，让弟兄们有个参考。

今天实再忍不住了，托香港的朋友帮俺订了一台莱卡MP，以了去这些天的不眠之苦。现在正在路上，过两天上图给大家欣赏，哈哈……保准又毒倒一片！

MP是个好东东，明天去订一个！

看看鬼佬谈MP

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Posted by rickyan on Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 2:05 am:

A question bothered me very much recently ,M6 ttl,M7 and MP which one
is better and which one shall I choose?

Could anyone tell me?

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Posted by Jeffery Smith on Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 2:35 am:

>I just read a post from a dealer who returned both of his first MP
bodies >because they were defective. One had a defective film advance,
and one had >a meter than worked only 1/5 of the time. I'd go with the
M7.

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Posted by Justin Scott on Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 6:58 am:

Dear Rickyan,

If you take photographs, buy an M7 bit check the serial number to
ensure it has the latest viewfinder.

To check the number e-mail: Francis.Pilet@leica-camera.com

Have fun,

Justin
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Posted by rickyan on Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 8:05 am:

[But M7 had 300 parts more than M6 , I always worry about M7's
hardiness compared with M6 ttl]

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Posted by Tom C on Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 8:50 pm:

M6TTL, M7, MP? What are your priorities? MP, all mechanical, retro,
with best RFDR patch, flare free. M7, auto capability, improved RFDR
patch. I don't think that the 300+ parts should influence you. The
average SLR from the '70's had 1500 parts. The Canon F-1 had 15,000.
As much as we hate to admit it, some Leicas will leave the factory
with defects. That's what the warranty (either from Leica, or used,
from the dealer comes in).

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Posted by Craig J. Smith on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 12:16 am:

Rickyan

Tom has summed things up very well. The actual operation of the M7 is
very close to the M6 TTL, which seems to be the reason behind Leica
dropping the mechanical M6, and replacing it with the retro MP.

The only difference being the M7 has an electronic governed shutter
like 99.99999% of cameras made since the 1980s.

The elec. circitry of both the M7 and MP has been improved over the
M6. Modern camera electronics such as those used in the M7 are very
reliable and you shouldn't have any problems there. For the money you
spend you can rightly expect top quality. The Leica warranty much more
generous than the usual.

Choice comes down to the sort of photography you do.

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Posted by Justin Scott on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 1:08 am:

And I quote from a recent e-mail from Solms:

Therefore, if you buy a camera from the present deliveries beginning
with 2 850 ... you may sure to get the newest type with improved
viewfinder.

Caveat Emptor

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Posted by Bill Bingham on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 1:48 am:

Makes me wonder. When I bought my M4P, they said canada was a great
place to make stuff. Same quality as the mother land.

When I got an early M6 they said it was a great step up in quality.
Now it seems everything I was told was wrong. I must get an MP as
everything else was not as good. Solms has almost lost me as a
customer.

Generous warranty, you are paying for it!! IMHO, the only thing out of
Sloms that is generous is their words.

B2 (;->

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Posted by Craig J. Smith on Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 3:24 am:

I've heared similar noises from other manufacturers. No company is a
charity, not for very long anyway. Something to do with sharemarkets
and operational profitability. Capitalist propaganda is every where,
even in the PRC. In my experience one USEUALLY gets what they pay for.

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无形色兄，

如此简单的问题，小蔡ＤＸ恐怕不会出手，此君可一直是ＬＥＩＣＡ坚定的支持和拥护者啊！就老朽的见识，让小蔡ＤＸ说ＭＰ有花招，不说是破天荒的事情，亦是相当罕见了？再一说，据权威消息透露，近几天小蔡ＤＸ出没神秘，一方面皈依佛门，正在参惮悟道呢，另一方面散步于花前月下，实践浪漫理想的罗漫蒂克呢！

其实，ＬＥＩＣＡ的花招，是司马昭之心，路人皆知的传统做法，先宣布Ｍ６停产，使其价格飚升，后宣布新品ＭＰ上市，抢占滩涂买个好价，再接着弄若干记念或限量版式，比如Ｍ６限量９９９，价格更是居高不下，可谓一石多鸟，一枪数眼，就等坐收渔利了！

ＬＥＩＣＡ－ＭＰ的发表，确实吸引了众多色友的目光。按Ｇ２ＤＸ的说法，ＬＥＩＣＡ的相机，就是一分钱一分货，但如此几近天价的价位，亦是开的太过分了。而且各地ＭＰ的报价又多有距离，就是在广州市一地，老朽在中国网络见到黄山居士说，兴华的行货价格为２１４００元，同高坚的价格相比亦出入不小，这里面的水份究竟有多大，哪们ＤＸ说得清呢？

再退一步说，即使ＭＰ真的物有所值，亦还是众多色友所能接受的。所以ＭＰ的上市，使老朽更加推崇Ｍ６了！